Prof. Dr. Vasco D.B. Bonifácio
Professor of Biomaterials
iBB - Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences
i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy
Instituto Superior Técnico
E-mail: vasco.bonifacio@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
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Education and Experience
2024-present Scientific Commission of the Master in Bioengineering: Regenerative and Precision Medicine, IST-UL (PT)
2024-present Scientific Commission of the Course and Master in Biological Engineering, IST-UL (PT)
2023-present Scientific Commission of the Master in Pharmaceutical Engineering, IST-UL (PT)
2023-2026 President of the Lisbon Delegation of the Portuguese Chemical Society (PT)
2023 Visiting Professor at Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (DE)
2023 Visiting Professor at Faculdad de Medicina, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha (SP)
2016-2021 Invited Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Department, IST-UL (PT)
2016 Visiting Researcher in the Sandre Lab at LCPO, Bordeaux University (FR)
2015-2019 Researcher in the Berberan-Santos Lab at CQFM, IST-UL (PT)
2014 Principal Researcher in the Morgado Lab at Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST-UL (PT)
2012 Visiting Researcher in the Hammond Lab at KI, MIT (USA)
2009-2012 Invited Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry Department, FCT-UNL (PT)
2010-2012 Invited Professor of Bioprocess Engineering, MIT Portugal Bioengineering PhD Program (PT)
2008-2012 Researcher of the MIT Portugal Program (Bioengineering Systems) in the Aguiar-Ricardo Lab FCT-UNL (PT)
2007-2008 Post-doc in the Scherf Lab at Institut fur Polymertechnologie (DE)
2006 PhD in Organic Chemistry in the Lobo-Prabhakar Lab at FCT-UNL (PT)
1997 Licentiate in Applied Chemistry (Organic Chemistry major) at FCT-UNL (PT)
1995 Bachelor in Chemical Engineering at ISEL-IPL (PT)
Awards and Honors
2024 Enabling Progress with Ball Mills Award (RETSCH GmbH)2024 Outstanding Teaching Award - Biomolecular Engineering & Biomaterials Technology 2022-2023 (IST-UL)
2023 Outstanding Teaching Award - Biomolecular Engineering 2021-2022 (IST-UL)
2022 Outstanding Teaching Award - Organic Chemistry 2020-2021 (IST-UL)
2021 Outstanding Teaching Award - Organic Chemistry 2019-2020 (IST-UL)
2020 Outstanding Teaching Award - Physical Chemistry 2018-2019 (IST-UL)
2019 Multiple Myeloma Grant Award (APCL/SPH/Amgen)
2018 Outstanding Teaching Award - Physical Chemistry 2016-2017 (IST-UL)
2017 Advanced Materials Scientist Medal (IAAM, Singapore)
Teaching
2024-2025Biomaterials Technology (MEBiom/MBMRP) | Biomolecular Engineering | Integrated Biological Engineering Laboratory
2016-2024
Biomaterials Technology (MEBiom) | Biomaterials Technology (MBMRP) | Biomaterials Physical Chemistry | Biomolecular Engineering | Integrated Biological Engineering Laboratory | Organic Chemistry | Chemistry Laboratory III | Principles of Physical Chemistry | Physical Chemistry
Editorial Board
Frontiers Nanobiotechnology Review EditorQUIMICA Editor
Polymers Guest Editor
Molecules Guest Editor
MDPI Topic Editor